Horizon Zero Dawn is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by
Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The
plot follows Aloy, a young hunter in a world overrun by machines, who
sets out to uncover her past. The player uses ranged weapons, a spear,
and stealth to combat mechanical creatures and other enemy forces. A
skill tree provides the player with new abilities and bonuses. The
player can explore the open world to discover locations and take on side
quests. It was released for the PlayStation 4 in 2017 and Microsoft
Windows in 2020.

Horizon Zero Dawn is Guerrilla Games' first intellectual property since
Killzone in 2004 and its first role-playing game. Development began in
2011 after the completion of Killzone 3, with director Mathijs de Jonge
considering it the riskiest idea pitched at the time. The game engine,
Decima, was developed for Killzone: Shadow Fall and altered for Horizon
Zero Dawn. Being set in a post-apocalyptic setting, anthropologists were
consulted to authenticate the world's decay over a millennium. The
soundtrack was led by composer Joris de Man, featuring contributions
from The Flight.

Horizon Zero Dawn was praised by critics for its open world, story,
visuals, combat, characterization, and the performance of voice actress
Ashly Burch; however, the dialogue, melee combat, and character models
received some criticism. The game won numerous awards and sold over 10
million copies by February 2019, making it one of the best-selling
PlayStation 4 games. An expansion, The Frozen Wilds, was released in
November 2017. A sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, is currently scheduled
to be released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2022

Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game played from a
third-person view.[1][2] Players take control of Aloy, a hunter who
ventures through a post-apocalyptic land ruled by robotic
creatures.[3][4] Aloy can kill enemies in a variety of ways – setting
traps such as tripwires using the Tripcaster,[5][6] shooting them with
arrows,[7] using explosives,[8] and a spear.[9] Machine components,
including electricity and the metal they are composed of, are vital to
Aloy's survival; she can loot their remains for crafting
resources.[7][10] Ammo, resource satchels, pouches, quivers, resistance,
antidotes, health potions, and traps can all be crafted.[11] Weapons
have modification slots for dealing more damage.[12] Aloy wears a Focus,
a small head piece that scans machines to determine their
susceptibilities,[13] identify their location, their level, and the
nature of loot they will drop.[4] One machine, the Stalker, can enable
cloaking technology to avert the gaze of Aloy's Focus scan.[14] Machines
attack with defensive and offensive measures, and in either case react
to a perceived threat by charging at it with brute force or projectiles.
Exhibiting the behaviour of wild animals, some machines are inclined to
move in herds, and others, with the ability to fly, do so in flocks.
Unless hacked with the Override Tool, or sufficiently hit with
corruption arrows, machines do not exert aggressive force against each
other.[6] Aloy also engages in battle with human enemies, such as
bandits and the Eclipse cult